COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LIFE SUPPORT DEVICES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BMT 4203 LIFE SUPPORT DEVICES COMPULSORY 2 1 0 4

Offered By

Biomedical Equipment Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ERDOĞAN DOĞMUŞ

Offered to

Biomedical Equipment Technology
Biomedical Equipment Technology (Evening)

Course Objective

Students will understand the working principles of Life Support Devices organized to provide maintenance and repair.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to understand the working principle of incubator devices and troubleshoot them.
2   Understanding the working principle of ECG Devices and troubleshooting their malfunctions
3   Ability to understand the working principle of Electroshock (Defibrillator) and troubleshoot its systems.
4   Understanding the working principle of dialysis devices and troubleshooting their malfunctions.
5   Ability to understand the working principle of the ventilator device and troubleshoot its faults.
6   Ability to understand the working principle of the oxygen concentrator and troubleshoot its faults.
7   Understanding the operation of the nebulizer device and detecting its malfunctions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of life-support devices, applications, and operating principles
2 Electrical safety and its impact on life support devices Identifying the need for a software update and installing the Update software. Function / additional function tests
3 Working principle of the ECG device and electrical-electronic malfunctions
4 Working principle and mechanical and special malfunctions of the bedside monitor
5 Working principle and Electrical Shock Defibrillator- Pacemaker systems electrical failures
6 Working principle and Electroshock Defibrillator - Electronic failures and special failures of pacemaker systems
7 Understanding and repairing nebulizer devices
8 midterm exam
9 Incubator devices electrical-electronic and mechanical failures
10 Working principle and mechanical and special malfunctions of the bedside monitor
11 Electrical-electronic failures and special failures of dialysis devices
12 Electrical-electronic and mechanical failures of oxygen concentrator
13 Mechanical Ventilator mechanical failures
14 Mechanical Ventilator electrical-electronic failures with special failures
15 Understanding and repairing high flow oxygen devices and systems

Recomended or Required Reading

Biomedical Instrumantations Technology and Applications-R.S. Khandpur
Principals of Biomedical Instrumantetions and Measurment, Richard Astion, Merrill Publishing

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching and Learning Methods: Practical Training, Q-A, Expression, Research)

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation Criteria: Mid-term exam, assignments and a final examination shall be measured with the five learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance is mandatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erdogan.dogmus@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 2 22
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 10 2 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

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